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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What incriminating item of clothing was Knight wearing when he was captured?
2. How many "year-round houses" (55) sat upon the parcel of land on which Knight's campsite also sat?
3. What kind of an establishment was the hermit's main target, referred to as "Pine Tree" (4)?
4. Who is described as having been "in awe" (56) of the skill with which Knight moved around the wilderness?
5. How many screws did one of Knight's victims use in order to successfully thwart his efforts to steal?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the physical location of Knight's campsite.
2. Describe Knight's sole encounter with another human during his time living in the forest, according to Finkel in Chapter 5.
3. On what evidence was Trooper Vance basing her conclusion about Knight when she said, "No way did this guy emerge from the woods" (14)?
4. Discuss an instance when Finkel uses a metaphor to communicate with the reader about an aspect of Knight's life.
5. What do books symbolize within the narrative of The Stranger in the Woods?
6. What event changed Knight's mind about allowing Finkel to visit him in jail and why did it have this effect?
7. Discuss one unsuccessful technique Finkel used in his efforts to connect with Christopher Knight, North Pond hermit.
8. What were the contents of the final letter Knight sent to Finkel and what were Finkel's feelings about this final letter?
9. How does Finkel go about portraying Sergeant Terry Hughes in a sympathetic light and for what purpose does he take this action?
10. How does Finkel use historical allusions to shed further light on the case of the North Pond hermit?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Perform a biographical criticism of The Stranger in the Woods by researching Finkel's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your research of Finkel.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Finkel’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of The Stranger in the Woods. How does Finkel use each of the three appeals to persuade the reader of particular points central to the tenets of the work?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Finkel’s use of the motif of sound within the nonfiction work The Stranger in the Woods.
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